Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fertilize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fertilize \Fer"ti*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fertilized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Fertilizing}.] [Cf. F. fertiliser.]
1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for
plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize
land, soil, ground, and meadows.
And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain.
--Byron.
2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fertilize
v 1: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; in agriculture
and gardening; "We should fertilize soil if we want to
grow healthy plants" [syn: {fertilise}, {feed}]
2: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her
imagination" [syn: {fertilise}]
3: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: {inseminate}, {fertilise}]
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